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十分

shí fēn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

十分 (shí fēn) means "very". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 十分 means

1. very
2. completely
3. utterly
4. extremely
5. absolutely
6. hundred percent
7. to divide into ten equal parts

How 十分 is used in grammar

十分 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Degree Adverbs: 多、多么、更、十分、特别、挺、有点儿 (HSK 2)
• Degree adverbs: 十分/极其/稍微/格外 (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 4, adverbs (程度副词).

The characters in 十分

• 十shíten; 10
• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)

Example sentences

• 十分感谢。
  Thank you very much.
• 十分简单。
  It's pretty simple.
• 她十分害怕他
  Tā shífēn hàipà tā
  She was very afraid of him.
• 他十分正直。
  Tā shífēn zhèngzhí.
  He is very honest.
• 她十分漂亮。
  She's very beautiful.
• 再等十分钟！
  Wait ten more minutes!

Words starting with 十分

• 十分之一shí fēn zhī yīone tenth
• 十分位数shí fēn wèi shùdecile (statistics)

Sounds the same

Read shí fēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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Where 十分 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Degree & scope words (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shí fēn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.